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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27712| Title: | A study of why corporations acquire and merge: External and internal determinants of investment behaviour |
| Authors: | Ocquaye, Nii Nortey Solomon |
| Advisors: | Hunter, J Chen, Q |
| Keywords: | Market for Corporate Control;Corporate Restructuring;Accounting & Finance;Event Study Analysis;Prediction Models |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| Publisher: | Brunel University London |
| Abstract: | From the geopolitical international landscape to the micromanagement of change, mergers and acquisitions fundamentally alter the future path of an organisation. History has provided us with countless examples of marriages made in heaven, such as the Disney-Pixar combination and divorces resulting in hell. Corporate divorces have been touted as leading to wealth destruction on a massive scale (Moeller, Schlingemann and Stulz, 2005), with the AOL-Time Warner deal most probably being the most famous to date. [...] |
| Description: | This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University London |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27712 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics and Finance Dept of Economics and Finance Theses |
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| FulltextThesis.pdf | 2.88 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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